He emphasizes the need to tackle the underlying causes of child labor by eradicating forced labor, ensuring safe and healthy workplaces, empowering workers to organize and voice their concerns, and eliminating discrimination, given that child labor predominantly impacts marginalized communities.
Wars, poverty fuel spike in Iraqi child labour
Children in Iraq work as apprentice mechanics and rubbish collectors, in shisha cafes or hair salons, and washing car windows and selling paper tissues by the roadside. Employing children is punishable by prison time or a fine, but "with many families left without a breadwinner, mothers have been forced to...
